Stuart Pearce visits eighth-tier Marlow for Non-League Day

Former England captain Stuart Pearce hailed the invaluable work of volunteers after paying a special visit to eighth-tier Marlow FC to celebrate Non-League Day this weekend. The Three Lions legend was in Naples for England's impressive 2-1 victory over Italy on Thursday but swapped the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona for the Alfred Davis Memorial Ground as he returned to his Pitching In Isthmian League roots. Ad Pearce came through at non-League Wealdstone before sealing a move to Coventry City and revelled in being back at the level where it all started for him over 40 years ago.

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There are the 22 players fortunate enough to play, but it's the rest of us watching or volunteering. »There will be a lot of players that will have been youngsters at bigger clubs that haven't made the level and need to play. «I was fortunate that when I left school and had nowhere to play, my local caretaker took me to Wealdstone; young players need somewhere to play and bounce back.